Today's News

A new option for 162 acres in the Wildwood Commerce Park will accompany a grant application to the Virginia Tobacco Commission, after the regional economic development authority acted Tuesday.

Just last week, the Blue Ridge Crossroads Economic Development Authority formalized a new partnership with the Carroll-Galax-Grayson Solid Waste Authority to pursue developing the area just off Interstate 77's Exit 19 in Carroll County.

Part of the goal was to apply for grant funding for the effort from the Tobacco Commission.

The armored vehicle that the Galax Police Department is slated to receive in November could have been used to get some people out of the cold during a fire at an independent living complex in Hillsville in January, Galax Police Chief told city council on Monday.

That's just one example of how the vehicle could be used.

Clark said it could have been used to extract individuals from two high-risk search warrant executions in the area, such as the hostage crisis at the Wytheville Post Office in December.

WILSON. N.C. — Carroll County seeks to strengthen its case against Pro-Form Construction in bankruptcy court by showing that it's the inheritor of AmerLink's obligations.

Attorneys for the county have discovered the document in which AmerLink transferred 32 acres of land to its sister construction company, according to court documents. That land was used in a failed economic development deal between Carroll and AmerLink for the log home company to build a sawmill and create 200 jobs in the county.

The 20-by-28-foot permanent stage that Branson Construction's crew has been working on in Felts Park for the past few weeks should be complete in time for the Galax Moose Lodge-sponsored fiddlers' convention in August, if not sooner, said Galax City Manager Keith Barker.

The permanent stage is being built as part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention.

Tino Sauter, Beth Galyean and Taylor Edwards autographed their torn and tattered ballet shoes — one of the last pairs they will wear at the Conservatory of Dance & Theatre in Galax — to display them as memorabilia from now on in the office of dance instructor and studio owner Barbara Johnson.

As they prepare for one last production at the conservatory, they talked about how much they'll miss Galax and the dance studio as they pursue their passion for ballet at college and other intensive dance programs. They will leave in just a few weeks.

INDEPENDENCE — Few people in Grayson County remember when Sheriff Charles C. McKnight was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1933.

There were no plaques that honored him, which concerned Sheriff Richard Vaughan.

Several weeks ago, he started a project to remember the late sheriff and, after extensive research, a large bronze plaque bearing McKnight’s picture and the date he was killed now hangs in the front lobby of the Grayson County Courthouse.